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NZ Semi-Automatic and Assault Rifle Buyback Will Cost Up to $200 Million

NZ Semi-Automatic and Assault Rifle Buyback Will Cost Up to $200 Million
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (L) speaks during a press conference with Police Minister Stuart Nash at Parliament House in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 21, 2019. Yelim Lee/AFP/Getty Images
Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
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New Zealand could find itself out of pocket by hundreds of millions of dollars due to a new gun buyback scheme announced on March 21.

The New Zealand government will ban and buy back every military style semi-automatic gun and assault rifle (MSSA) across the country which the Ardern Labor government sees as necessary to avoid a repeat of the March 15 mass shooting in two of Christchurch’s mosques, killing 50 people.

Richard Szabo
Richard Szabo
Editor/Reporter
Richard Szabo is an award-winning journalist with more than 12 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organizations. He has a specialty in business, tourism, hospitality, and healthcare reporting.
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